…better. A welcome puddle outside the front door at last. puddle outside the front door Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ with a good display of autumn colour already. It is usually early…

…down at the base of the tree. Magnolia dawsoniana Magnolia dawsoniana A few small ripe quinces on Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’. We saw more of these earlier in the autumn…

…exceptionally good smallish growing paniculata variety with huge flowers. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lime’ Rhododendron pentaphyllum turning already to its good autumn colours. Rhododendron pentaphyllum Fine autumn colour already on Oxydendron…

…Seed heads on Magnolia cylindrica – not a common occurrence here. Magnolia cylindrica Autumn tints on Acer henryi. Acer henryi Most of the acorns have already dropped on Quercus lamellosa….

…full leaf and also drought tensile such damage is inevitable. Leaf litter everywhere under magnolias in the garden. Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis Autumn cut back Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ after the…

…will emerge as we go through the photographs of what we inspected. Tom Hudon’s analysis of polyspora This is Camellia sinensis var sinensis. Basically the true autumn flowering tea camellia….

…on Styrax obassia but not many. Styrax obassia The Cornus florida by the pond colours and curls its leaves for the autumn. Very attractive but no fruits on this 25…

…inevitable slug damage sargentiana always suffers. Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Goldrush’ Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Goldrush’ Hydrangea robusta ‘Titania’ from Vietnam also only planted last autumn. Attractive foliage. Hydrangea robusta ‘Titania’ The Parastyrax species…

…quite a bit since then but may well now be near the end of its life. Grossly over seeded last autumn for the first time in a decade. Not a…

…Cola’ Heuchera ‘Cherry Cola’ Hemerocallis ‘Autumn Red’ is one we can dig up and split to avoid buying it in for a bit. Hemerocallis ‘Autumn Red’ An unusual oxalis which…